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HB1164 - Education Excellence for All Program; established, report.
Phillip A. Scott, Mark L. Earley, Thomas A. Garrett
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Education Excellence for All Program established. Permits the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, to apply for a one-year, renewable Education Excellence for All Savings Account, defined in the bill, that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the school division in which the qualified student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any per pupil share of state special education funding for which the qualified student is eligible. The bill permits the parent of the qualified student to use the moneys in such account for certain qualified expenses of the qualified student, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks at a private elementary school or secondary school that is located in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains provisions relating to program and account administration by the Department of the Treasury and a third party that serves as program administrator pursuant to a contract with the Department.
STATUS
Introduced
HB667 - Virginia Education Success Account Program; established, report.
Nicholas J. Freitas, Thomas A. Garrett, Mike A. Cherry
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Virginia Education Success Account Program established. Permits the parents of qualified students, defined in the bill, to apply for a one-year, renewable Virginia Education Success Account that consists of an amount that is equivalent to a certain percentage of all applicable annual Standards of Quality per pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the school division in which the qualified student resides, including the per pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any per pupil share of state special education funding for which the qualified student is eligible. The bill permits the parent of the qualified student to use the moneys in such account for certain qualified expenses of the qualified student, including tuition, deposits, fees, and required textbooks at a private elementary school or secondary school that is located in the Commonwealth. The bill also contains provisions relating to program and account administration by the Department of the Treasury and a third party that serves as program administrator pursuant to a contract with the Department of the Treasury.
STATUS
Introduced
HB680 - Human Resource Management, Department of; recruitment policy, direct work experience.
James A. Leftwich, Mark L. Earley, Joshua G. Cole
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Department of Human Resource Management; recruitment policy; direct work experience. Requires the Department of Human Resource Management to develop a statewide recruitment policy designed to provide guidance to state agencies on how to remove postsecondary degree requirements from hiring considerations and recruit qualified employees utilizing appropriate baseline requirements, the specifics of which are outlined in the bill.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB882 - Students; Department of Education's model policy on cell phone use during instructional time.
Mark L. Earley, Mike A. Cherry, William Chad Green
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Department of Education; model policy on student cell phone use during instructional time; local adoption. Requires the Department of Education to develop, adopt, and distribute to each school board a model policy whereby public elementary and secondary school students are prohibited from possessing or using personal cell phones or other personal handheld communication devices during instructional time at school. The bill requires the Department, in developing and adopting such model policy, to seek to balance the interests of students' academic achievement, cognitive development, safety, and general well-being and permits the Department to include appropriate exceptions in extraordinary circumstances such as emergency situations or situations involving the need to contact the student's parents. The bill requires each school board to develop and adopt a policy that is consistent with such model policy adopted by the Department.
STATUS
Introduced
HB930 - Zoning ordinances; adequate public facilities.
Mark L. Earley
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Zoning ordinances; adequate public facilities. Allows a locality to determine the timing of development by considering the adequacy of public facilities when making zoning decisions. The bill provides that a locality that makes a determination of inadequate facilities may reject or defer a rezoning application based solely on that determination.
STATUS
Introduced
HB963 - DOE; school board policy on excess food donation.
Mark L. Earley, Ian T. Lovejoy, Laura Jane Cohen
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Department of Education; survey; excess food donation; best practices. Requires the Department of Education to survey each school board to determine (i) whether it has an existing policy or practice relating to the donation of excess food, as that term is defined in relevant law, from public elementary or secondary schools in the local school division to local food banks or shelters that serve meals or otherwise provide food to individuals in need and (ii) if so, how such policy or practice is implemented and the impact that it has on the local community. The bill requires the Department of Education, after completing such survey, to compile in a guidance document or Superintendent's Memo and distribute to each school board a list of resources and best practices on the subject of excess food donation.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB1234 - Eligible educators; increases tax deduction, creates home school instruction income tax credit.
Mark L. Earley, Mike A. Cherry, William Chad Green
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Eligible educator income tax deduction; home school instruction income tax credit. Increases from $500 to $1,500 for tax years 2024 through 2026 the amount of income tax deduction certain eligible educators may deduct for qualifying expenses. The bill also creates a nonrefundable tax credit for taxable years 2024 through 2028 for amounts paid by an individual or married couple filing jointly for their child receiving home instruction for (i) instruction-related materials, including textbooks, workbooks, and supplies, or (ii) courses or programs used in home instruction. The bill provides that the credit equals the lesser of the amount actually paid during the year for such costs or $3,000.
STATUS
Introduced
HB871 - Campgrounds; inherent risks, liability.
Mark L. Earley
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Campgrounds; inherent risks; liability. Provides that a person who goes camping at a campground shall be presumed to have known the inherent risks of camping, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a camping professional, as defined in the bill, shall not be liable for the injury to or death of a camping participant resulting from the inherent risks of camping. The bill further provides that no camping participant or camping participant's representative is authorized to maintain an action against or recover from a camping professional for injury to, loss or damage by, or death of the camping participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of camping, provided that in any action for damages against a camping professional for camping activity, the camping professional pleads the affirmative defense of assumption of the risk. The bill excludes from such immunity acts taken by a camping professional to intentionally cause personal injury or death or property damage, acts made with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the camping participant, and instances wherein the camping professional has actual knowledge or reasonably should have known of a dangerous condition on the land or in the facilities or equipment used in the activity and does not make the danger known to the camping participant. Campgrounds; inherent risks; liability. Provides that a person who goes camping at a campground shall be presumed to have known the inherent risks of camping, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that a camping professional, as defined in the bill, shall not be liable for the injury to or death of a camping participant resulting from the inherent risks of camping. The bill further provides that no camping participant or camping participant's representative is authorized to maintain an action against or recover from a camping professional for injury to, loss or damage by, or death of the camping participant resulting exclusively from any of the inherent risks of camping, provided that in any action for damages against a camping professional for camping activity, the camping professional pleads the affirmative defense of assumption of the risk. The bill excludes from such immunity acts taken by a camping professional to intentionally cause personal injury or death or property damage, acts made with a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of the camping participant, and instances wherein the camping professional has actual knowledge or reasonably should have known of a dangerous condition on the land or in the facilities or equipment used in the activity and does not make the danger known to the camping participant.
STATUS
Introduced
HB7 - State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations, low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards.
Hyland F. Fowler, Jason S. Ballard, Ellen H. Campbell
Last updated 10 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals the State Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards that apply for vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3 - State Air Pollution Control Board; motor vehicle emissions standards.
Tony O. Wilt, Jason S. Ballard, Ellen H. Campbell
Last updated 10 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
State Air Pollution Control Board; motor vehicle emissions standards. Repeals the requirement that the State Air Pollution Control Board implement a low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later. The bill prohibits the Board from adopting or enforcing any model year standards related to control of emissions from new motor vehicles or new motor vehicle engines, including low-emission vehicle and zero-emission vehicle standards pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act and prohibits the Commonwealth from requiring any new motor vehicle or new motor vehicle engine to be certified as compliant with model year standards related to the control of emissions adopted by California for which a waiver has been granted pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Virginia district HD-073
COMMITTEES
Virginia House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Mark L. Earley was born on June 10th, 1958 in Chesapeake, Virginia. He earned his Bachelor's degree from the College of William & Mary in 1980 and his Juris Doctor from Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary in 1982. Earley served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1988 to 1997. He was elected Virginia's attorney general in 1997 and served one term from 1998 to 2001. In 2001, he ran unsuccessfully as the Republican nominee for governor of Virginia, losing to Democrat Mark Warner.read less
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Virginia House from Virginia
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